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Showing 1 to 20 of 66 for “"Armed conflicts"”.
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THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICTS: The right to education
H προστατευτική αξία της εκπαίδευσης κατά τη διάρκεια ένοπλων συγκρούσεων υποτιμάται, αφήνοντας τα σχολεία και την πρόσβαση στη μάθηση ανεπαρκώς προστατευμένα σύμφωνα με το διεθνές δίκαιο. Αν και η προστασία των παιδιών είναι καλά εδραιωμένη τόσο στο ανθρωπιστικό δίκαιο όσο και στο δίκαιο των …
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Sexual violence against women in armed conflicts: towards a transitional justice perspective
… against women has been a recurrent feature of armed conflicts throughout history, as the above quotes demonstrate, and still occurs daily in on-going conflicts. This is evidenced in the alarming reports of the scale of sexual violence being committed against women in areas such as Darfur,6 the …
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The application of Jus in Bello to indiscriminate attacks in non-international armed conflicts
… of indiscriminate attacks in non-international armed conflicts. The world has seen an increase in the number of armed conflicts that are not of an international character. Most of these conflicts have proven to be very destructive and detrimental to persons not taking part in the hostilities. …
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Allegiance in International Armed Conflicts: The Role of the Duty of Fidelity in International Humanitarian Law
… concept of law that gains notoriety in times of armed conflicts. However, allegiance has been overlooked by scholars of international law as a factor in the design, interpretation and application of the rules of international humanitarian law (IHL) that protect individuals during armed conflicts …
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Sourcing and Framing Analysis of Source Messages in the Coverage of Armed Conflicts by American and British Foreign Reporters
This dissertation contributes to closing several gaps in mass communication scholarship as well as indicates new avenues for further research in the area of sourcing and framing. This study explored whether reliance on official sources in foreign reporting of international crises is as heavy as the …
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Third Party Mediation: Comparative Case Study on the Effectiveness of Foreign Intervention in Intra-State Armed Conflicts in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Libya, and Myanmar.
… often critical in the resolution of intrastate armed conflicts. Their success hinges on such factors as the mediator’s skill and perceived impartiality, the support of the United Nations Security Council and clarity of their mandate, the timing of their interventions (the ‘ripeness’ concept) and …
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Opposition groups as parties to internal armed conflicts and the concept of the R2P : to what extent opposition groups could play a role for the purpose of the protection of populations within the concept of the R2P
… on opposition groups as parties to internal armed conflicts and the concept of the R2P. Accordingly, this research aims to examine the extent to which opposition groups, as parties to internal armed conflicts, could contribute to the objective of protecting civilian populations. The …
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War in Islamic Law : justifications and regulations
… going to war in both international and domestic armed conflicts under Islamic law. It studies the various kinds of use of force by both state and non-state actors in order to determine the nature of the Islamic law of war, specifically, whether Islamic law sanctions “holy war”, offensive war or …
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Sexual violence victim-witnesses at the Special Court for Sierra Leone: Have lessons from ICTR been learnt?
… increasingly becoming the order of the current armed conflicts of both internal and international characters no matter what the reasons behind the conflicts are. These inhuman acts are mostly committed against female civilian population by male soldiers from the government armed forces, rebel …
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Socio-economic Consequences of Climate Change
Extreme weather events, armed conflicts and migration are considered as the most likely, and most substantial, risk factors of 2015, 2016 and 2017 in the latest Global Risk Report by World Economic Forum (World Economic Forum, 2017). That these factors are in turn influenced by climatic conditions …
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The protection of children in non- international armed conflict: Lessons from South Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo
Armed conflicts have become increasingly frequent in Africa, particularly in the Eastern and Western regions of Africa. Armed conflict exposes all affected populations to several vulnerabilities and harms. For example, children, as a vulnerable group, experience more problems in this regard. …
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Localising Peacebuilding in South Sudan? A Case of Transitional Justice and Reconciliation
… in South Sudan, to end the current civil war, armed conflicts persist in South Sudan. Two key inadequacies of the liberal peacebuilding model, applied to address modern conflicts in Africa and across the globe are its insistence on international justice instruments such as the International …
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Reparations and child soldiers in Africa: the legal regime of reparations for former child soldiers under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
The involvement of children to fight in armed conflicts remains one of the main challenges towards the full realization of children's rights on the African continent. Despite a substantive legal framework affording protection and prohibiting the enlisting and recruitment of child soldiers, this …
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Post-conflict gender-justice: access of women survivors of gender-based violence to the judicial system: a case study of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
During armed conflicts, women experience more abuses than their male counterpart. Besides, the disruption of national security systems resulting form the social and political troubles, exposes women to more violation of their human rights in the postconflict setting. During the last decade, the …
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Post-conflict gender-justice: access of women survivors of gender-based violence to the judicial system: a case study of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
During armed conflicts, women experience more abuses than their male counterpart. Besides, the disruption of national security systems resulting form the social and political troubles, exposes women to more violation of their human rights in the postconflict setting. During the last decade, the …
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Internally displaced children and HIV in situations of armed conflict in the DRC : a study of the obligations of the government and selected non-state actors
… Democratic Republic of the Congo. The war and armed conflicts in the Eastern DRC have exacerbated the vulnerability of children, causing them to be separated from their families, to experience sexual violence and forced conscription into armed groups, to experience the violent deaths of a …
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Transitional Justice in Times of Conflict: A Case Study of the Barza Inter-Communautaire in the Kivus
… of different types of violence other than armed fighting. In the wake of this, the Kivus became entangled in a myriad of daunting challenges in their pursuit of justice and sustainable peace, particularly through the formal transitional justice mechanisms introduced by the transitional …
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Peacekeeping Operations in West Africa: Mechanisms of Cooperation between the United Nations and ECOWAS with the case studies concerning the crises in Liberia and The Gambia
… suffered from a great number of civil wars and armed conflicts since the beginning of the independence era in late 1960s. On May 28, 1975, the creation of a regional The African continent has significantly suffered from a great number of civil wars and armed conflicts since organization in West …
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